Personal Info
Known Credits
119
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1920-11-13 (105 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA
Also Known For
William Scott ElamWilliam Scott "Jack" Elam
Jack Elam
Biography
Colorful American character actor equally adept at vicious killers or grizzled sidekicks. As a child he worked in the cotton fields. He attended Santa Monica Junior College in California and subsequently became an accountant and, at one time, manager of the Bel Air Hotel. Elam got his first movie job by trading his accounting services for a role. In short time he became one of the most memorable supporting players in Hollywood, thanks not only to his near-demented screen persona but also to an o ...
Known For
Acting
2004 --
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
| (archive footage)
1997 --
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
| Self
1995 --
Bonanza: Under Attack
| Buckshot
1993 --
Bonanza: The Return
| Buckshot
1993 --
Uninvited
| Grady
1992 --
Shadow Force
| Tommy
1991 --
Suburban Commando
| Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell
1990 --
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
| Hezekiah Crow
1990 --
Big Bad John
| Jake Calhoun
1988 --
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
| Boone
1988 --
Once Upon a Texas Train
| Jason Fitch
1987 --
I Am Not a Freak
| Self
1987 --
Hawken's Breed
| Tackett
1986 --
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
| Squires
1986 --
The Aurora Encounter
| Charlie
1984 --
Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas
| Scrooge
1984 --
Cannonball Run II
| Doc
1983 --
Lost
| Mr. Newsom
1983 --
Sacred Ground
| Lum Witcher
1982 --
Jinxed!
| Otto
1981 --
Skyward Christmas
| Clay Haller
1981 --
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
| Troscliar Boudreaux
1981 --
The Cannonball Run
| Doctor
1981 --
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
| Seth Beaumont
1979 --
The Villain
| Avery Simpson
1979 --
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
| Big Mac
1978 --
The Norseman
| Death Dreamer
1978 --
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
| Rattlesnake
1978 --
Lacy and the Mississippi Queen
| Willie Red Fire
1977 --
Grayeagle
| Trapper Willis
1976 --
Pony Express Rider
| Crazy Charlie
1976 --
The Winds of Autumn
| J. Pete Hankins
1976 --
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
| Bitterroot
1976 --
Hawmps!
| Bad Jack Cutter
1976 --
Creature from Black Lake
| Joe Canton
1975 --
Huckleberry Finn
| King
1974 --
A Knife for the Ladies
| Jarrod (Sheriff)
1974 --
Sidekicks
| Boss
1974 --
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
| Handy
1973 --
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
| Alamosa Bill Kermit
1973 --
The Red Pony
| Granddad
1972 --
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
| Bitterroot
1972 --
The Last Escape of Billy the Kid
| Pat Garrett
1971 --
Hannie Caulder
| Frank Clemens
1971 --
The Last Rebel
| Matt
1971 --
Cat Ballou
| Kid Sheleen
1971 --
Support Your Local Gunfighter
| Jug May
1970 --
The Wild Country
| Thompson
1970 --
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
| Self
1970 --
Dirty Dingus Magee
| John Wesley Hardin
1970 --
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
| Kittrick
1970 --
Rio Lobo
| Phillips
1969 --
The Over the Hill Gang
| Sheriff Clyde Barnes
1969 --
Support Your Local Sheriff!
| Jake
1969 --
Ride a Northbound Horse
| Sheriff
1968 --
Once Upon a Time in the West
| Frank's Gunman
1968 --
Sartana Does Not Forgive
| Slim Kovacs
1968 --
Never a Dull Moment
| Ace Williams
1968 --
Firecreek
| Norman
1967 --
The Last Challenge
| Ernest Scarnes
1967 --
The Way West
| Preacher Weatherby
1966 --
The Night of the Grizzly
| Hank
1966 --
The Rare Breed
| Deke Simons
1963 --
4 for Texas
| Dobie
1961 --
Pocketful of Miracles
| Cheesecake
1961 --
The Comancheros
| Horseface (Comanchero)
1961 --
The Last Sunset
| Ed Hobbs
1960 --
The Girl in Lovers Lane
| Jesse
1960 --
The Slowest Gun in the West
| Ike Dalton
1960 --
Miss Jenny
|
1959 --
Edge of Eternity
| Bill Ward
1958 --
The Gun Runners
| Arnold
1957 --
Baby Face Nelson
| Fatso Nagel
1957 --
Dragoon Wells Massacre
| Tioga
1957 --
Night Passage
| Shotgun
1957 --
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
| Tom McLowery
1957 --
Lure of the Swamp
| Henry Bliss
1956 --
Thunder Over Arizona
| Slats Callahan
1956 --
Pardners
| Pete
1956 --
Jubal
| McCoy
1955 --
The Silent Partner
| Shanks
1955 --
Artists and Models
| Ivan
1955 --
Kismet
| Hasan-Ben
1955 --
The Man from Laramie
| Chris Boldt
1955 --
Wichita
| Al
1955 --
Moonfleet
| Damen
1955 --
Kiss Me Deadly
| Charlie Max
1955 --
Man Without a Star
| Knife Murderer (uncredited)
1955 --
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
| Burger
1954 --
Vera Cruz
| Tex
1954 --
Cattle Queen of Montana
| Yost
1954 --
Princess of the Nile
| Basra
1954 --
Jubilee Trail
| Whitey
1954 --
The Far Country
| Frank Newberry
1954 --
Ride Clear of Diablo
| Tim Lowerie
1953 --
Appointment in Honduras
| Castro
1953 --
The Moonlighter
| Slim
1953 --
Gun Belt
| Rusty Kolloway
1953 --
Ride, Vaquero!
| Barton
1953 --
Count the Hours!
| Max Verne
1952 --
Kansas City Confidential
| Pete Harris
1952 --
The Ring
| Harry Jackson
1952 --
My Man and I
| Celestino Garcia
1952 --
Lure of the Wilderness
| Dave Longden
1952 --
High Noon
| Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited)
1952 --
Montana Territory
| Gimp
1952 --
The Battle at Apache Pass
| Mescal Jack
1952 --
Rancho Notorious
| Mort Geary
1952 --
Finders Keepers
| Eddie
1951 --
The Bushwhackers
| Cree
1951 --
Rawhide
| Tevis
1951 --
Bird of Paradise
| The Trader
1950 --
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
| The Speaker
1950 --
High Lonesome
| Smiling Man
1950 --
A Ticket to Tomahawk
| Fargo
1950 --
One Way Street
| Arnie (uncredited)
1950 --
Key to the City
| Councilman (uncredited)
1950 --
The Sundowners
| Earl Boyce
1949 --
Wild Weed
| Raymond - Henchman